Monday, March 17, 2008

for their baskets

First of all, I want to thank you for all the nice words on my sewing skills! You sure know how to make a girl feel good, and I like how you let me know not to be so hard on myself. Imperfections can be part of the handmade charm. I know I need to work on that. I wanted to make something for my kids easter baskets and originally thought I might knit these. However, I thought they may require too much time. Precious time that should be spent working on Ruby.Kim also made some of these cute littlebirds and mentioned they took an hour each. Perfect.The pattern is here, designed by curlypurly.I used scraps of cotton yarn with the same gauge. They are easy, quick and fun. And, guess what? You still have time to make some before easter!

oh leslie, these three are too sweet--nice job! And the jumper too. You are the only one who would notice the plaid not matching, but I hear you on being critical of your own craftsmanship. I am a lot more critical of the clothes that I make.

So cute! I should make some of those as we start some bird nature study again as spring rolls in...I've got time though, we're getting another blast of snow up here in Minnesota as we speak, er, um, as I type...

So cute! (Though in one of those weird ironies of life, I am staring at their exact opposite - a fairly vicious looking - if handsome in his own way - red-tailed hawk on a tree outside not 15 feet away.) It's weird to have them in the same "frame." But cool, too...

ohhhhhhhhhh those reminded me of my grandmother.. she use to make us cute stuff like that when we were little... GOSH!!! I cherished those.. and miss her deeply!! I can't knit or crochet... but I love the beauty of it all!!